Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wants to make aggressive cuts to the FBI.
During a recent appearance, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said the only way to fix the FBI is to remove and replace the top 10% of agents at the bureau —including those he says have become part of the “political class.”
“I think it’s swamp fever, Potomac fever,” Paul said. “The ones closest to the swamp have become infected with influence and power and politics. I play golf with a retired FBI agent. He’s conservative. Most of the agents that I meet in the field are conservative. They’re typical law enforcement kind of people. … But really it’s the political class up here that is corruptible and [has] become very left-wing…these are the people infiltrating the FBI at the highest levels. We need a thorough cleaning. It’s only going to happen if we get a president who gets rid of the top 10% and brings in some law enforcement people from out in Kansas or Kentucky or someplace, people who truly are law enforcement people and let’s repopulate the FBI at the top with real law enforcement people, not politicians.”
Paul also discussed how the bureau as been politicized and weaponized —especially against Trump and his supporters.
“So if you were a Trump supporter, we can name several of them, who were dragged from their beds, arrested in their underwear,” Paul explained, adding, “it is entirely different the way they treated Trump with a raid all publicized before an election and the way they’re treating with kid gloves and a kindler, gentler form of law enforcement for Biden. I think people see through this. And this is why people are alarmed that we live in a country where there is a possibility that you may be treated differently because of your political beliefs.”
More over at Breitbart:
Spoke to a retired FBI agent recently. Said the same: the current leadership has made the FBI political and destroyed its reputation.#RemoveTheTop10
Rand Paul: FBI Will only Be Reformed if We Remove and Replace Top 10% of the Agency https://t.co/hcKjQ2aTCh via @BreitbartNews
— John Dennis (@RealJohnDennis) January 25, 2023